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Bathurst 1000
Yes, I realise that there's still over a week until the Great Race, but here goes...
Lowndes/Whincup had a good day at Sandown, but they'll face stiffer competition at Bathurst...both the Toll HSV Dealer Team and HRT have elected to unite their full-time drivers for Bathurst, so it'll be Tander/Rick Kelly in Car 1, and Skaife/Todd Kelly in Car 2...needless to say those two cars will be quick. It's disappointing that more teams (eg. FPR and SBR) couldnt also pair their full-time drivers up, but I guess thats one of the cons of having different title sponsors for each car.
Dark Horses - Holdsworth/Canto, Johnson/Davison, Murphy/Jason Richards.
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Well FPR i think have confirmed Winterbottom and Richards will be paired. I'll personally be hoping either #4 or #888 win, Lowndes and Whincup have won the last 2 enduro's and are getting a strong bond, although if you follow that then the Ingall/Youlden combination must be producing fruit soon as theyre in their 3rd year paired together after the unsuccesful Ambrose/Ingall pairing.
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I think the Toll Racing pairing of Tander\Kelly will be strong. Toll v Triple 8 for the win.
HRT may be there. And, of course you can never overlook the Perkins cars at Bathurst.
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Yep, its official...FPR are pairing Winterbottom and Richards...theyre going to change their livery apparently, so all their sponsors get a fair go...kinda like what SBR did with Ingall and Ambrose in 2003.
So I'd say the following four would probably start as joint favourites:
Garth Tander/Rick Kelly
Mark Skaife/Todd Kelly
Craig Lowndes/Jamie Whincup
Mark Winterbottom/Steven Richards
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I think you can add the Paul Radisich/Craig Baird Toll VE to the list of dark horses. We know its a great car (Tander's regular mount) and both drivers did a good job sharing with Tander and Kelly at Sandown, both drivers are quick and both have excellent records at Bathurst.
The Ingall/Youlden and Courtney/Besnard SBR Falcons must also be considered as having a chance as well.
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I'm quiet happy with all the Ford pairings, they are easily on the podium for sure! But i'd laugh my head off if it was a Ford 1 2 3! Though, VE might do well @ the Mount. Will have to wait and see, only 10 days to go!...
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Some Kiwi
MONTY BURNS
"I am a New Zealander, and I hate Greg Murphy. Yes, we exist."
YOU SAY YOU ARE A KIWI BUT HATE MURPH?
SHAME ON YOU MATE!
THE KIWI BOYS ARE GOING TO ROCK THE MOUNTAIN IN 2007.
MURPH AND JR WILL BE ON TOP OF THE PODIUM. :mad:
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...On top of the podium for wankers and wannabe's that is...
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[QUOTE=MURPHY51;752543]MONTY BURNS
"I am a New Zealander, and I hate Greg Murphy. Yes, we exist."
YOU SAY YOU ARE A KIWI BUT HATE MURPH?
SHAME ON YOU MATE!
THE KIWI BOYS ARE GOING TO ROCK THE MOUNTAIN IN 2007.
MURPH AND JR WILL BE ON TOP OF THE PODIUM. :mad:[/QUOTE]
I don't think that the fact that I'm a Kiwi means that I should avoid the fact that Murph's a dickhead...
I'm not denying his talent - just look at his Bathurst shootout lap in 03. But he just comes across as an egotistical, loud-mouthed arse at times. The fact that I share his nationality doesn't change my opinion of him in the slightest.
Incidentally, I think we Kiwis overdo the whole patriotism thing with motorsport...Personally I think that the nationality of the drivers holds little to no significance to anything. Stupid A1...
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[QUOTE=Monty_Burns;752678]Personally I think that the nationality of the drivers holds little to no significance to anything. [/QUOTE]
it is important for those who have to assure that the correct national anthem will be played for the winner...
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I dont think we play the anthem for the winner. Its only a national class overall, despite the often presence of NZ drivers and the odd Brazilian or European. They usually parade on at the start with the anthems
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Times from the Thursday practice session...good to see DJR there at the top :D
Pos Car Entrant Driver Vehicle Laps Fastest Lap Fastest Lap Time Gap
1 17 Jim Beam Racing W.Davison/S.Johnson Ford Falcon BF 36 35 2:08.0740
2 1 Toll HSV Dealer Team R.Kelly/G.Tander Holden Commodore VE 34 30 2:08.3987 0:00.3247
3 6 Ford Performance Racing S.Richards/M.Winterbottom Ford Falcon BF 32 32 2:08.5477 0:00.4737
4 4 Jeld-Wen Motorsport D.Besnard/J.Courtney Ford Falcon BF 31 30 2:08.5696 0:00.4956
5 2 Holden Racing Team T.Kelly/M.Skaife Holden Commodore VE 27 27 2:08.6189 0:00.5449
6 51 Tasman Motorsport G.Murphy/J.Richards Holden Commodore VE 29 29 2:08.9266 0:00.8526
7 888 Team Vodafone C.Lowndes/J.Whincup Ford Falcon BF 30 23 2:09.1861 0:01.1121
8 9 Caltex Racing R.Ingall/L.Youlden Ford Falcon BF 30 30 2:09.2811 0:01.2071
9 021 Team Kiwi Racing S.Gisbergen/J.McIntyre Ford Falcon BF 33 33 2:09.3636 0:01.2896
10 88 Team Vodafone R.Lyons/A.Simonsen Ford Falcon BF 38 38 2:09.4962 0:01.4222
11 50 Supercheap Auto Racing C.McConville/D.Reynolds Holden Commodore VE 31 31 2:09.8597 0:01.7857
12 55 Autobarn Racing S.Owen/T.D'Alberto Holden Commodore VZ 27 6 2:09.8762 0:01.8022
13 12 Team BOC A.Jones/S.Wills Ford Falcon BF 34 23 2:09.9472 0:01.8732
14 16 Toll HSV Dealer Team C.Baird/P.Radisich/G.Tander Holden Commodore VE 36 35 2:09.9541 0:01.8801
15 33 Valvoline Cummins Race Team D.Canto/L.Holdsworth Holden Commodore VE 32 32 2:09.9576 0:01.8836
16 3 Tasman Motorsport M.Noske/J.Richards/J.Verdnik Holden Commodore VE 37 6 2:10.0092 0:01.9352
17 5 Ford Performance Racing M.Halliday/O.Kelly/S.Richards Ford Falcon BF 36 35 2:10.0612 0:01.9872
18 25 Fujitsu Racing Jason Bright Ford Falcon BF 27 7 2:10.1458 0:02.0718
19 18 Jim Beam Racing A.Davison/A.Thompson Ford Falcon BF 30 30 2:10.2283 0:02.1543
20 34 Valvoline Cummins Race Team C.McLean/G.Ritter Holden Commodore VE 35 35 2:10.2484 0:02.1744
21 67 Team Sirromet Wines S.Ellery/P.Morris Holden Commodore VE 9 7 2:10.2703 0:02.1963
22 22 Holden Racing Team T.Kelly/N.Pretty/G.Seton Holden Commodore VE 32 27 2:10.2805 0:02.2065
23 111 Glenfords Racing J.Bowe/J.Webb Ford Falcon BF 27 26 2:10.5470 0:02.4730
24 39 Team Sirromet Wines F.Coulthard/S.Ellery/P.Morris/C.Pither Holden Commodore VZ 25 9 2:10.6941 0:02.6201
25 11 Jack Daniel's Racing M.Marshall/K.Scott Holden Commodore VE 28 28 2:10.7614 0:02.6874
26 7 Jack Daniel's Racing J.Perkins/S.Price Holden Commodore VE 44 44 2:10.8972 0:02.8232
27 26 IRWIN Racing J.Bright/A.Gurr/W.Luff Ford Falcon BF 28 13 2:11.6064 0:03.5324
28 8 WPS Racing J.Bargwanna/M.Wilson Ford Falcon BF 25 17 2:11.6172 0:03.5432
29 14 Team BOC C.Murchison/D.White Ford Falcon BF 34 20 2:12.0485 0:03.9745
30 10 WPS Racing M.Caruso/G.Denyer Ford Falcon BF 31 13 2:13.8792 0:05.8052
20 Supercheap Auto Racing Paul Dumbrell Holden Commodore VE
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SBR have their cars hooked up pretty well, even the TKR car's top 10 so far. Same with 888 with the Lyons/Simonsen car there too.
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I'll go for the Jeld-Wen Motorsport Falcon, since Jeld-Wen is based relatively close to me...
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[QUOTE=fpv_gtho;752930]SBR have their cars hooked up pretty well[/QUOTE]
Looks that way, and I seeing as I've got $20 on the #9 car, I'm 110% behind them :D